Earlier this week, this article appeared on WFAA.com’s website:
No charges for two men with $250K in gold bars found during traffic stop, but North Texas authorities will keep their gold
“Two Chinese nationals arrested after being stopped on I-20 with $250,000 in gold bars will not face money laundering charges and have been turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Van Zandt County District Attorney said Monday. “
“”We have to be able to prove what that criminal activity was, in other words how they got the money that they laundered. A lot of times that’s hard when your case starts with a traffic stop,” she said.
Curry said she initially thought the gold bars were proceeds from illegal drug activity, but now suspects it may be from a group “that defrauds the elderly with investment-type scams.”
She believes Chen and Lin were mules — not masterminds — and said ICE officers have taken them into federal custody. She suspects they’ll be deported, as they crossed into the country illegally.”
— Full article here: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/crime/no-charges-for-two-men-with-250k-in-gold-bars-but-north-texas-authorities-will-keep-their-gold/287-88cfdb7f-1a5e-4d1c-9519-6738ef3f782f
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